Improvement in reed-organ stop-actions



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REED ORGAN STOP-ACTION. No.177.' 997. Patented May 30,1876.

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J. FLOREY. REED ORGAN STOP-ACTION.

Patented May 30,1876.

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JOHN FLOREY, OF ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN REED-ORGAN STOP-ACTIONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,997, datedMay 30,.1876; application filed September 28, 1875.

I town, in the county of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Stops for Reed-Organs; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full,'c1ear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and usethc same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification. A

My invention relates to stop mechanism of a reed-organ, and moreespecially to the construction and arrangement of the attachments .forworking'a rack or series of rods, and to a notched bar and other newdevices or combinations for operating the stops and the swells, all ofwhich will be understood by those skilled in regard to reed-organs byreading the following description or specification but it will not benecessary to go into any general description of reed-organs, or the modeof operating the same.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top view of part of areed-organ, showing the stops and my improvements applied thereto. Fig.2 is a top view of the parts below the stops, which have been removed.Fig. 3 is a rear view of the rack employed in working the stops by meansof the attachments on the top of the rack. Fig. 4 is a detached view ofone of the stops, and Fig. 5 is a detached view of one of the rack-rods.

My improvements may be applied to reedorgans-having any number of stopsfrom one to twenty-four, or more, if desired; but in the accompanyingdrawings I have shown only eight stops, which are enough to illustratethe principles of my improvements.

i My invention consists of cam-shaped adjust ;able attachments to therods for operating the Zstops of a reed-organ, and in other improve-{ments, which will be fully understood by the following description: uIn the accompanying drawings, N represents the stopm, which may beoperated singly or in sets,or all at once, by means of my improvement.Between the stop-draws N, Figs. l and 2, are placed the rods (3,forminga rack. (Shown best in Fig, 3.) These rods are provided withcranks outheir-lower ends for operating theswells. For example, thesingle stop-draw N, when pulled, will open the top'swell E. This sameswell is opened when all the stop-draws are simultaneously pulled.- Aseries of adjustable attachments,

A, crown the rods 0. These attachments are cam-shaped, and may be movedsimultaneously by means of the notched slide D, Fig. 2, connectedtherewith. A rod, I, in front of the organ, is attached to the doubleelbow lever G, which, in turn, is attached to the notched slide D. Thisrod is bent down at the end, so the operator may pull the rod by hisknee, and thus operate the slide and attachments A, and also theswell-valve. Each stop-draw or handle N is provided with a check-stud,O, to prevent the stop-draw from being pulled out too far; and thestop-draws are provided with wedges or cams B, which work against theattachments A, so that when the slide D is pulled the attachments A areturned round, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 2, and thus thestop-valves are moved out.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. The adjustable cam attachmentA, in combination with the rack-rod O and the stop' draw-handle N,provided'with the wedge or cam B, constructed and arranged substantiallyin the manner and for the purposes set forth.

2. The notched slide D, in combination with the rack or series of rods 0and the adjustable cam attachments A, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own-I aifix my signaturein presence-of two witnesses. a

JOHN FLOREY. Witnesses:

' DANIEL BREED, D.-l GowL.

